Improvement in edge-finishing tools for boots and shoes



Patented May 2,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER REIMEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRCIVEIIVIENT IN EDGE-FINISHING TOOLS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 176,810, dated May 2,1876; application filed r July 24, 1575.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER REIMEL, ofthe city and county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and usefulImprovement in Shoemakers Ed ge- Tools; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description ofthe nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to fully understand, make, and use thesame, reference being bad to v the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis specification, in Wl1ich- Figures 1 and 2 are side views of thedevice embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a side view, partly sectional,in linear: m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention consists in a sho'emakers edge-tool composed of a handlehaving a screw fixed therein, which is combined with the stock and anadjustable bit therein for the purpose of securing said handle, stock,and bit together.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the handle; B, the stock, and .0a screw, which, secured tothe handle A, enters the stock and serves toconnect the handle and stock. The screw 0 forms a fixed or stationaryportion of the handle, and is operated by it only. In the stock B thereis'a transverse opening, in which is adjustably fitted a. bit, D, andthe screw 0 is so disposed in the stock B that, in tightening the screw,its point will come in contact with one side of the bit, and thussecurely hold the bit in the stock.

The faces of the stock and bit are formed with working-edgescharacteristic of tools of this class, and the bit is made adjustable,so

that more or less ofits face on either side of 'bit will be firmly heldin the stock, and the handle and stock are tightly connected.

It will be seen that the bit and stock, and the stock and handle. willbe simultaneously secured by a common motionof the screw.

If desired, the side of the bit may be gaged or graduated so as todirect the workman in properlyadjusting the bit. 7

The bit and the opening in the stock through which it passes are ofcurved form, so that the curved face of the bit, which is serviceable inso many cases of shoeulakers work, will be preserved regardless of theextent of adjustment of the bit.

The curved form of the bit also serves to cause the screw to Wedge thebit in the opening in the stock, whereby the said bit will be mostfirmly held in position.

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The improved soleedge-finishing tool, composed of the handle A, providedwith the adjost ing-screw (J, the stock B, provided with a curvedshoulder upon each side, and acurved slot adapted to receive anadjustable bit, D,

all substantially as and for the purpose described.

- CHRISTOPHER REIMEL.

Witnesses:

J. R. MAssEY, JOHN B. TOLLEY.

